Buck Buchanan Award

Buck Buchanan Award
Given for most outstanding defensive player in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision
Country United States
Presented by STATS LLC
History
First award 1995
Most recent Darius Jackson, Jacksonville State
Website www.fcs.football
The award is named to honor the late Buck Buchanan.

The Buck Buchanan Award is awarded annually to the most outstanding defensive player in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) of college football, and was first given in 1995 after the Walter Payton Award was designated solely for offensive players.[1]

It was named in honor of the late National Football League (NFL) player Junious "Buck" Buchanan, who starred at Grambling State University. Buchanan was an All-American defensive lineman and the first overall pick in the 1963 American Football League (AFL) Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs.[1]

Up until 2015, the Payton and Buchanan Awards were awarded by The Sports Network. Since STATS LLC acquired The Sports Network in February 2015, it has presented all of the major FCS awards. Through the 2011 season, the awards were presented the night before the NCAA Division I Football Championship, but the 2012 awards were presented on December 17, nearly three weeks before that season's championship game.[2] Only one school, Cal Poly has won the award three (3) times, 2004–2006. Appalachian State, 1995–1996, Eastern Washington, 2008 and 2010, James Madison, 2001 and 2009, and Montana State, 2012–2013, and Western Illinois (1998 and 2000), are the only schools to win the award twice (2). Dexter Coakley of Appalachian State University is the only player to win the award twice (2).

Winners

YearWinnerSchoolPosition
1995Dexter CoakleyAppalachian StateLinebacker
1996Dexter Coakley (2)Appalachian StateLinebacker
1997Chris McNeilNorth Carolina A&TDefensive end
1998James MiltonWestern IllinoisLinebacker
1999Al LucasTroy StateDefensive tackle
2000Edgerton HartwellWestern IllinoisLinebacker
2001Derrick LloydJames MadisonLinebacker
2002Rashean MathisBethune-CookmanCornerback
2003Jared AllenIdaho StateDefensive end
2004Jordan BeckCal PolyLinebacker
2005Chris GocongCal PolyDefensive end
2006Kyle ShotwellCal PolyLinebacker
2007Kroy BiermannMontanaDefensive end
2008Greg PeachEastern WashingtonDefensive end
2009Arthur MoatsJames MadisonDefensive end
2010J. C. SherrittEastern WashingtonLinebacker
2011Matt EvansNew HampshireLinebacker
2012Caleb SchreibeisMontana StateDefensive end
2013Brad DalyMontana StateDefensive end
2014Kyle EmanuelNorth Dakota StateDefensive end
2015Deon KingNorfolk StateLinebacker
2016Karter SchultNorthern IowaDefensive end
2017Darius JacksonJacksonville StateDefensive end

References

  1. 1 2 "Buck Buchanan Award". The Sports Network. Archived from the original on 2011-04-04. Retrieved 2008-12-22.
  2. ↑ "Old Dominion's Heinicke captures 2012 Walter Payton Award". The Sports Network. December 17, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
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